WATH SOURCES

Question 1

Wath population in the 21st century?

Answer 1

• 12,500 people in Wath today
  Brain-drain effect occurs here as people leave for bigger cities
• Deprived area, most husegolds in 4th deprived deciles
• Areas with new housing see a 10% increase in population

Question 2

Patterns throughout Wath

Answer 2

• 50% population used to be farmers
  but then declined around 25%
• In wath 20% no qualifications and 20% with uni degrees
• 68.7% are economically active which is 2.3% less than national average
• Unemployment rate is 8.3%
• 24% child poverty

Question 3

Economic inequality in wath

Answer 3

• Male unemployment is a greater issue in the area, potentially structural unemployment
• The Index of Multiple Deprivation indicates that Wath upon Dearne has areas with high levels of housing deprivation, particularly in the northwest part of the town where council estates are more common

Question 4

• Painting

Answer 4

• Paintings show the manve complex was significant
• Lots of coal mines
• Trainline shows links to other places
• Lots of bright colours
• Manvers Complex by Peter Watson (1948)

Question 5

• Poem

Answer 5

• Discusses collective identity of the coal mining community
• Pits were replaced with shopping malls
• Rhyming couplets broken at the end emphasises the significance of this change from coal to service
• Adopts insider perspectives and tone
• Ian McMillans poem for Miners Strike (2004)

Question 6

• Photo

Answer 6

• Deprivation
• Structural unemployment leaving workers homeless
• Dull colours
• NUM Miners Strike at Manvers (1984)